Background
Bryant, Clifton Dow was born on December 25, 1932 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Clifton Edward and Helen (Dow) Bryant.
Bryant, Clifton Dow was born on December 25, 1932 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Clifton Edward and Helen (Dow) Bryant.
Student, University Mississippi, 1950-1953; Bachelor of Arts, University Mississippi, 1956; Master of Arts, University Mississippi, 1957; postgraduate, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1957-1958; postgraduate, Louisiana State University, 1958-1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, 1964.
Visiting instructor department sociology and anthropology Pennsylvania State University, summer, 1958. Instructor, research associate department sociology and anthropology University Georgia, 1960-1963. Assistant professor, associate professor, chairman department sociology and anthropology Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1963-1967.
Summer research participant, training and technical project Oak Ridge Association Universities, summer 1967. Professor, head department sociology and anthropology Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1967-1972. Professor sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, 1972—2007, professor emeritus, 2007—2010, head department sociology Blacksburg, 1972-1982.
Visiting professor Xavier University, Philippines, 1984-1985. Visiting professor, visiting research scholar Mississippi Alcohol Safety Education Program, Mississippi State University, (summer), 1985. Visiting Fulbright professor department graduate institute sociology National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China, 1987-1988.
Visiting scientist United States Army summer faculty research and engineering program, 1993. Participant Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad program, Hungary, 1993, China, 1998.
(Khaki-Collar Crime: Deviant Behavior in the Military Cont...)
(The Social Dimensions of Work, (Prentice-Hall Sociology S...)
Served to 1st lieutenant, Member of Parliament United States Army, 1953-1955. Member American Sociological Association, American Society Criminology, Southern Sociological Society (president 1978-1979, Distinguished Book award 2001), Mid-South Sociological Association (president 1981-1982, Distinguished Career award 1991), Rural Sociological Society, Society Anthropology of Work, International Sociological Association, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Southern Association Agriculture Scientists, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Kappa Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Beta Delta.
Married Nancy Ann Arrington, September 13, 1953. Married Patty Maurine Watts, February 1, 1957. Children: Melinda Dow, Deborah Carol, Karen Diane, Clifton Dow World War II.